Every SA website must add a COVID-19 information link to promote the govt portal

Every SA website must promote the government portal on COVID-19, and cell number transfers are banned.

New website rules for South Africa during the coronavirus outbreak.

Dated 26 March 2020, In a government gazette [PDF Link here] the Department of Communications detailed interventions around the “dissemination of information” in the country.

Communications Minister Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams has approved new requirements for South African ISPs and website owners as part of the government’s plan to fight the spread of the Covid-19 coronavirus.

Every website in South Africa with a domain name that ends in .za – like: .co.za / .org.za .ac.za.  All company websites, government portals, private blogs, travel blogs and every academic institution in .ac must now have a visible link to the government's main COVID-19 page on its front/landing page.

As this regulation will catch many .ZA website owners off guard you might need technical assistance in this regard. 

This service is FREE all websites hosted by us. Alternatively, this once-off service - upload, manage and remove the link - are provided at a low rate of R250. T&C.  Contact us or

Message:  Add the COVID-19 gov link to my website

Info to add:  For the latest information on the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) click here www.sacoronavirus.co.za

ISPs may also face challenges to put measures in place to enable the removal of fake news from their platforms.

If you change your mobile network service providers now, your phone number won't go with you.

While COVID-19 [coronavirus] state of disaster is in place, you can't change cellphone network providers without losing your phone number.

All of this is apparently to hinder scammers while the country focuses on fighting the disease.